Mail-box support.



B. N. BRUNING.

MAIL BOX SUPPORT.

APPLICATION mu) SEPT. 22,1915.

Patented May 8, 1917.

BERNARD N. BRUNING, OF BREDA, IOWA.

MAIL-BOX SUPPORT.

Application filed September 22, 1915.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, BERNARD N. BRUNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Breda, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Box Supports; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improved supports especially designed for supporting mail boxes, and has for its primary object to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable device of this character embodying novel features of adjustment whereby various standard types of mail boxes may be sup ported thereon.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of the improved mail box support applied to use,

Fig. 2 represents an end elevation thereof, partly broken away, and

Fig. 3 represents a bottom plan view of the mail box supporting frame removed, partly broken away.

Referring to the drawing in detail, where in similar reference numerals designate cor responding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates a hollow post adapted to be embedded in the ground 6 and slidably receiving an adjustable member 7, which latter is adapted to be retained in adjusted position by a set screw 8, or equivalent means. An eye bolt 9 is permanently secured to the upper extremity of the hollow post 5 and a snap hook 10 is pivotally secured in the eye bolt and is designed for holding packages which are too large to be placed within the mail box. i

All arm 11 is pivotally secured adjacent one end to the upper extremity of the adj ustable member 7 by a rivet or the like 12 and is formed in its opposite extremity with an aperture receiving a bolt 13, whereby the mail box supporting frame, designated generally by the numeral 14 is supported.

The frame 14 consists of a pair of side or longitudinal members 15 having the upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Serial No. 52,091.

portions of the adjacent surfaces recessed, as at 16, for engagement with the lower longitudinal corners of a mail box 17. A plurality of transverse connecting members are secured to one of the longitudinal mem bers 15 nd the opposite ends thereof are slidably engaged within recesses 19 formed in the lower or ge of the other side member 15. The transverse members 18 are prevented from accidental lateral removal from the adjacent side member 15 by a strap 20 secured to said side member and extending across the recesses 19 therein.

The longitudinal side members 15 are thus brought into clamping engagement with the mail box 17 by bolts 21, which are engaged within apertures formed in said side members and are provided at one end with a head 22 and at their opposite ends with nut-s 23.

A rod 2 1 is positioned between the bolts 21 and the transverse members 18 and is formed at its opposite ends with external screwthreads on which are fitted nuts 25, whereby end clamping members 26 are brought into clamping engagement with the ends of the mail box 17.

From the foregoing it is clearly evident that I have provided a simple and inexpensive support particularly designed for supporting mail boxes and which may be adjusted for use in connection with mail boxes of various sizes.

What I claim is:

1. A mail box support comprising a frame including adjustable longitudinal members, transverse members connecting said longitudinal members, means for moving said longitudinal members into operative engagement with a mail box, and means to secure the mail box against endwise movement in the frame.

2. A mail box support including a post, an arm pivotally secured to the upper end of said post, a frame carried by said arm, said frame including a pair of spaced parallel side members, means for moving said side members into operative engagement with a mail box, a rod, clamping members slidably mounted on said rod, and means for moving said clamping members into clamping engagement with the ends of a mail box.

3. A mail box support including a post, an arm pivotally secured to the upper end of said post, a frame carried by said arm, said frame including a pair of spaced parallel side members, means for moving said side llc members into operative engagement With the the latter against endwise movement in the sides of a mail box, transverse members conframe. 10 necting the side members, a rod confined be- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature tween the moving means and said transverse in presence of tWo Witnesses.

5 members clamping members slidably mount- BERNARD N. BRUNING.

ed upon said rod, and means for moving said Witnesses: clamping members into clamping engage- LE0 E. SNYDER, ment with the ends of the mail box to secure J. H. RIGKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

